A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

HEW

Wed, 30 Jul '25
Cut down
Thu, 27 Feb '25
Chop
Sat, 13 Jul '24
Strictly adhere (to)
Sun, 24 Sep '23
Fell
Wed, 17 Aug '22
Ax
Tue, 9 Feb '21
Split, as logs